CURRICULUM VITAE
See the Press Kit page for Sherry’s approved biography and high-res photos.
Books:
Chapman, Sherry. How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss. Pedigree Publishing (Conn.), 2019.
Literary Awards and Honors Include:
Task Force Appointment
Appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell to serve on Connecticut's Teen Driving Safety Task Force (contributed to Public Act 08-32, which was adopted into law and served to strengthen Connecticut's graduated licensing laws). Read the Final Report.
Officer and Director Positions
Principal
Owner and operator of 1 Stop Genealogy, offering professional genealogy services.
Former Advisory Board and Commission Positions
National Conferences and Press Conferences
National Video
Featured in Injury Free Coalition for Kids video - Teens Driving Smart and Safe.
Television
Radio
Speaker
Key speaker at Cherish Our Children event in Newington, CT:
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cherish-our-children-walk-0915-20140914-story.html
Distinctions
Editor
1999–2009 Connecticut Maple Leaf (bi-annual publication of the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut)
Memberships
Chapman, Sherry. How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss. Pedigree Publishing (Conn.), 2019.
Literary Awards and Honors Include:
- Winner, Gold Medal, non-fiction, 2021 Kindle Book Awards
- Winner, Gold Medal, adult non-fiction, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards
- Winner, Outstanding Memoir, 2020 IAN Book of the Year Awards
- Winner, Memoir, 2020 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award
- Winner, Grief, 2020 National Indie Excellence Award
- Winner, Silver Medal, non-fiction – Grief/Hardship, 2020 Readers' Favorite
- Winner, second place, non-fiction, 2020 IAN Book of the Year Awards
- Honoree, 2020, B.R.A.G. Medallion
Task Force Appointment
Appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell to serve on Connecticut's Teen Driving Safety Task Force (contributed to Public Act 08-32, which was adopted into law and served to strengthen Connecticut's graduated licensing laws). Read the Final Report.
Officer and Director Positions
- Aetna International, Inc., former Assistant Corporate Secretary
- Captain Noah Grant Chapter, CT DAR, former Vice Regent
- Mourning Parents Act, Inc., co-founder, former President and Board Member
- Ryan A. Ramirez Memorial Fund, Inc. (www.RyansFund.org), Founder, President, and Board Member
Principal
Owner and operator of 1 Stop Genealogy, offering professional genealogy services.
Former Advisory Board and Commission Positions
- Allstate Foundation Teen Driving Safety Advisory Board (former member)
- American Trauma Society Consumer's Advisory Board
- Connecticut DMV Advisory Committee on Teen Safe Driving
- Connecticut Teen Driving Safety Partnership
- Connecticut Underage Drinking Collaborative
- Coventry Cemetery Commission, Chairwoman
- Massachusetts RMV Junior Operator License Advisory Board
National Conferences and Press Conferences
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Releases 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, National Press Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, National Press Club, Washington DC, January 2013.
- Advocates Push for Enactment of Federal Law to Protect Teen Drivers in Every State. Washington, DC – west front of the U.S. Capitol building, April 23, 2009.
- Lifesaver's Conference. !MPACT's Approach to Teen Driving. 2007, Portland, Oregon.
National Video
Featured in Injury Free Coalition for Kids video - Teens Driving Smart and Safe.
Television
- Interview with Fox CT News for Connecticut Safe Teen Driving Awareness Week - December 8, 2014
- Interview with Fox CT News for National Safe Teen Driving Awareness Week - October 21, 2014
- Interview with WSBC - July 26, 2013
- Interview with NBC News - December 7, 2011
- ABC News - Congress Targets Teen Driving, Mulls Federal Driver's License Standards, June 2, 2010.
- Featured in Teen Driving News Briefing on Efforts to Promote Safe Teen Driving with the Dept. of Motor Vehicles and Lt. Governor Fedele - CT-N, State Capitol, CT. Recorded April 28, 2010. Broadcast May 2, 2010.
- Connecticut Cracks Down on Teen Drivers, NECN Boston Brian Burnell, July 9, 2008
- Mothers Who Lost Kids Seek To Reach Teens - WFSB Channel 3, November 22, 2007
- Beyond the Headlines - Teen Driving Discussion with !MPACT and Legislators (Fox 61), October 14, 2007
- Program to Fight Teenage Driving Deaths - Members of !MPACT Hope to Become a National Model (Fox 61 News Coverage), September 24, 2007
- NBC 30 News Coverage , September 24, 2007
- WFSB Channel 3 News Coverage, September 24, 2007
- Fox 61 News Coverage of !MPACT Presentation in Newington, CT, May 2007
Radio
- AM 1220 WQUN with John D'Andre, Teen Driving Discussion, July 2017, June 2016, June 2015, June 5, 2014
- WDRC, The Talk of Connecticut with Shelly Sindland, Distracted Driving, January 4, 2014.
- WNPR National Public Radio, Where We Live with John Dankosky, The Road Safely Traveled: Driving Safer in the New Year, January 2, 2014 (Listen to the interview by following this link: http://wnpr.org/post/road-safely-traveled-driving-safer-new-year)
- AM 1220 WQUN with John D'Andre, Teen Driving Discussion, July 24, 2013
- AM 1220 WQUN with John D'Andre, Teen Driving Discussion, May 27, 2010
- WATR, Talk of the Town with Larry Rifkin, December 15, 2009
- WQUN CT with John D'Andre, Teen Driving Discussion, December 11, 2009
- Nancy Barrows Show - Hot 93.7 - In Depth Interview, August 29, 2009
- Hot 93.7, CT - !MPACT Interview, August 5, 2009
- WNPR National Public Radio - Teen Driving Discussion, October 25, 2007
Speaker
Key speaker at Cherish Our Children event in Newington, CT:
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cherish-our-children-walk-0915-20140914-story.html
Distinctions
- 2017, Safety Champion Award, presented by CT Children's Medical Center, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, CT DMV, CT DOT, American Academy of Pediatrics (Hezekiah Beardsley CT Chapter), Office of the Child Advocate, Safe Kids Connecticut, and AAA
- 2014, Highway Safety Hero Award; Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington DC
- 2014, Excellence in Community Service Award; National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
- 2013, Liberty Bell Award; Tolland County (CT) Bar Association
Editor
1999–2009 Connecticut Maple Leaf (bi-annual publication of the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut)
Memberships
- Association of Gravestone Studies
- Association of Professional Genealogists
- Connecticut Gravestone Studies
- Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council, Inc.
- National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, National #897547
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
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